Professional Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
Timeline

Luis Alvarado

Cantina Leon
Miami,FL
1
Language
1
Certification
8
years of professional experience

Aspiring culinary student with 7 years of on the job food service experience in fast/casual/upscale settings. And three years of education in foundational culinary techniques along side baking and pastry. Adept at adjusting to a fast workflow environment with formal training in food and beverage operations, HR, and logistics.

Work History

Junior Sous Chef

3 Months
Cantina Leon | 05.2026 - Current
  • Evaluating labeling, and improving large language models (LLMs)
  • Writing and evaluating prompts to help AI comprehension and learning
  • Evaluating and reviewing other works by administering QA reviews based on company standard
  • Challenging and stumping the model on specific tasks
  • Conducted labeling and categorizing of data to ensure accurate classification
  • Providing detailed feedback that helps models improve

Cook

1 Year 2 Months
Dave & Buster’s | 08.2024 - 10.2025
  • Operated various cooking stations including sauté, broiler, and fryer to prepare menu items.: Sauté, Broiler, Industrial ovens, Flat top, Fryer
  • Facilitated communication between back of house and front of house to coordinate order accuracy.: Rang up orders and communicated between BOH and FOH for any changes, mistakes, and future orders to keep up communication
  • Prepared and executed party platters for events of 50+ guests, delivering consistent quality and timely service.
  • Train and mentor 5+ new hires on kitchen safety, station protocols, and equipment operation.
  • Trained and mentored 5+ new hires on kitchen safety and station protocols, enhancing team readiness and operational efficiency.
  • Assisted BOH with sour mixes for the bar and resolved POS errors for servers.
  • Prepared Party menu involving baked goods such as: cheesecakes, triple layer chocolate cakes, croissants Involved proofing and prepping doughs such as cookie, croissant and pie. As well as genoise cakes.

Shift Manager

2 Years 10 Months
Five Guys | 02.2021 - 12.2023
  • Oversaw food preparation and production for opening shifts to ensure safety procedures were followed.
  • Tracked daily profits and managed bank deposits, assessed team efficiency weekly based on cleanliness, guideline adherence, and teamwork.
  • Managed team responsibilities to enhance workflow and productivity on the shift.
  • Keeping count and tallying daily profit, depositing to our bank, in charge of rating team efficiency every week based on cleanliness, following guidelines, and teamwork.
  • Prepared for opening by measuring ingredient quantities, cleaning and cutting fresh produce, and labeling and dating meats and vegetables.
  • Demonstrated essential fast food techniques such as frying and grilling food items.: frying, flattop grilling, reading tickets, adhering to customer’s food allergens
  • Pre-opening preparation(measure ingredient quantity for the day , clean and cut fresh produce, label and date ingredients such as meats and vegetables)
  • Evaluated business operations for cost control, tracked store orders using checklists, and organized thorough daily checks with Excel for weekly/monthly orders; managed unloading and organization during AM shifts.
  • Store Closing: clean and sanitize all dishes, clean grill, oil trap, fryer filter, organize and clean walk-in, date produce: packaged date and expiration date

Internship Busboy/Host

2 Months
Chili Grill & Bar | 06.2018 - 08.2018
  • FOH: Provided service to parties of 10-30+ and hosting experience, familiarized with POS
  • Switched between BOH and FOH roles 5 days/nights a week (host, dishwasher, busboy) to support team flexibility and service delivery
  • Maintained restaurant functionality, communication, and cleanliness to meet health inspection standards
  • Managed to-go delivery service by taking customer orders over the phone.
  • Executed scheduled cleaning procedures: FIFO, food temperature checks, and sanitation water pH level monitoring

Education

Undergrad BS - Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Tourism

St. Thomas University | 01-2026

Coursework: Nutrition, Essentials of Hosp./Tourism, Essentials of Baking and Pastry, Food Science, Food and Bevg. Management ,Menu Development and Planning, Rev. Management, Fundamental Event Planning. Plating Design, International Flavor Studies

- Culinary Arts /IT major

01-2020
  • Major Coursework: Weekly menu planning
  • Major coursework: Programming basics: JavaScript web development, computer organization, machine learning, computing/Python

Skills

Experienced with baking techniques and batch baking (creaming
folding
laminating
fermentation)
Experienced in baking Hispanic pastries from personal business for 4 years (Flan
tres and cuatro leches
pan de bono
atollilo
tiramisu etc.)
Knowledgeable in French pastries (croissant
entremet
l’amandier)
Basic knife skills (chopping
mincing dicing
julienne)
Inventory processes
Allergen awareness
Catering background
Sales planning
Food pairing
Recipe creation
Plating techniques
Quality controls
Ingredient sourcing
Ordering supplies
Portion control

Certification

  • ServSafe Certification 2023
  • Food Handler Certification 2025
  • Fine Dining Server Experience: Zak’s Indian Kitchen (serve appetizers, entrees, main courses, greet guests)

Languages

Fluent in English and Spanish

Timeline

Junior Sous Chef

Cantina Leon
05.2026 - CurrentRead More

Cook

Dave & Buster’s
08.2024 - 10.2025Read More

Shift Manager

Five Guys
02.2021 - 12.2023Read More

Internship Busboy/Host

Chili Grill & Bar
06.2018 - 08.2018Read More

from Culinary Arts /IT major
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St. Thomas University

Undergrad BS from Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Tourism
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Luis Alvarado